"Photographier, c'est mettre dans la même ligne de mire la tête, l'oeil et le coeur" Henri Cartier-Bresson
2008 HK Flower Show, Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, HK Island, HK
Central, Hong Kong
Island, HK
Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong Island, HK
Repulse Bay, Hong Kong Island, HK
Lyndhurst Terrace, Central, Hong Kong Island, HK
Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong Island, HK
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Hong Kong Island is dominated by steep, hilly terrain, which makes it the home of some rather unusual methods of transport up and down the slopes.
Since it was officially opened to the public on 15 October 1994, it has played a very important role in transport in Hong Kong since it links Des Voeux Road in Central with Conduit Road in the Mid-levels, passing through narrow streets. Daily traffic exceeds 55,000 people, although originally forecast to transport 27,000, and using it is free of charge.
The whole system is 800 meters long with a vertical climb of 135 meters. The total travel time is twenty minutes, but most people walk while the system moves to shorten their trip. Due to its vertical climb, the same distance is equivalent to several miles of zigzagging roads if travelled by car. It consists of twenty escalators and three moving sidewalks. According to Guinness World Records, these escalators together form the longest outdoor covered escalator system.
The escalator daily runs downhill from 6:00am to 10:00am and uphill from 10:30am to midnight. Apart from serving as a method of transport it is also a tourist attraction and has restaurants, bars, and shops lining its route. There is an entrance and exit on each road it passes, often on both sides of the road.
Although smoking is prohibited in the escalator area evidenced by the "no smoking" signs
throughout the route, a small number of people disregard this.
From Caine Road, Central, Hong Kong Island, HK
Central, Hong Kong Island, HK
Central, Hong Kong Island, HK
"Soyez confiants, le monde est à ceux qui partent à sa conquête avec certitude et bonne humeur"
... de Hong Kong et d'Asie et parfois même du reste du monde.
